Births
1552 - Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher
1599 - Florence Estienne M‚ric Casaubon, classical scholar
1626 - Dani‰l Elsevier, book publisher/publisher
1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)
1675 - Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer
1687 - Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]
1688 - Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)
1714 - Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter
1737 - Charles Hutton, mathematician
1740 - Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23)
1742 - Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris)
1758 - Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer
1769 - Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer
1777 - Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law)
1784 - Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat
1802 - Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty)
1810 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer
1814 - Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1821 - Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1823 - Karel Miry, composer
1824 - William Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1836 - Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen)
1840 - Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist
1842 - Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author
1850 - Earnest YY [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Kloris & Roses)
1860 - Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938)
1861 - Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor
1867 - John Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932)
1868 - Leone Sinigaglia, composer
1869 - Edvard Armas J„rnefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse)
1876 - Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist/poet (Una Donna)
1876 - Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)
1878 - Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else)
1883 - Ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division)
1891 - Marinus de Jong, composer
1892 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer
1893 - Alfred Alessandrescu, composer
1893 - Carl Benton Reid, Lansing MI, actor (Pressure Point)
1895 - Jack Gregory, cricketer (Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years)
1899 - Jaroslav Jeremias, composer
1900 - Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer
1901 - James Pitman, Bath England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller
1903 - Ronald Stewart, CEO (London Brick Co)
1903 - Millard Mitchell, Havana Cuba, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter)
1903 - John Ringling North, circus director (Ringling Bros)
1905 - Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier
1907 - Stanley Adams, songwriter
1908 - Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller (ATS)
1909 - Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's)
1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer
1911 - Pieter Platteel, last governor Neth New-Guinea
1911 - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender)/1st Lady of Black Press
1911 - Jan Koetsier, composer
1912 - Eva Strittmatter, writer
1913 - Fred Davis, English world champ snooker player (1948-49, 51)
1914 - Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937)
1915 - Lord Mishcon, economist
1916 - Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery (U of Glasgow)
1920 - Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem Palestine, actor (Al Capone, Yentl)
1921 - Giorgio Strehler, theatre director
1923 - William Flanagan, composer
1924 - Georges Prˆtre, Waziers France, conductor (NY Met)
1925 - Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Va, columnist/humorist (NY Times)
1925 - Russell Baker
1926 - Buddy Greco, Phila Pa, jazz singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House)
1926 - Ren‚ Goscinny, French song/cartoon text writer (Asterix)
1926 - Alice Ghostley, Eve Montana, actress (Bewitched, Designing Women)
1926 - Alice Adams, US author
1927 - Frank Cvitanovich, film maker
1927 - Lord Whaddon, CEO (Daltrade & Skorimpex-Rind)
1928 - Lina Wertmueller, [Arcanguela von Elgg], Rome, actress (7 Beauties)
1928 - Laurentius L M [Laurens] van Deenen, (pathed)physiologist
1929 - Hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter
1929 - Louise M Slaughter, (Rep-D-New York)
1929 - Oliver Neville, principal (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts)
1930 - Lord Chorley, mountaineering enthusiast
1930 - Earl Weaver, St Louis Mo, manager (Balt Orioles 1968-82, 85-86)
1930 - Gerald B H Solomon, (Rep-R-New York, 1979- )
1931 - Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member (WIC)
1931 - Frederic Raphael, writer (After the War, California Time)
1932 - Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster (Downside School Great Britain)
1932 - James V Hansen, (Rep-R-Utah, 1981- )
1934 - Robin McLaren, British ambassador (China)
1937 - Brian Fenelly, composer
1938 - Betsy Cullen, LPGA golfer
1938 - Niara Sudarkasa, [Gloria M Clark], educator/pres (Lincoln College)
1938 - Stuart McKinnon, high court judge
1940 - Dash Crofts, Cisco Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
1940 - Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach (Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire)
1941 - Connie Smith, Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons)
1941 - Peter Truscott, cricketer (one Test NZ v Pakistan 1965, 3 & 26)
1941 - David Crosby, LA Calif, rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross)
1941 - David Crosby
1942 - Sandy Gilmour, Montclair NJ, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday)
1943 - Ronald Campbell, MP
1943 - Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston WV, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 41G)
1943 - Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire
1943 - Keith Hampson, MP
1944 - Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey/wife of Fred Astaire
1944 - Tim Bogert, Richfiled NJ, rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge) [or 8/27]
1945 - Tony Scannel, actor (Bill, Blue Money) [or 1932]
1945 - Steve Martin
1945 - Brenda Benet, Hollywood, actress (Lee-Days of Our Lives, Beach Ball)
1945 - Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer
1945 - Steve Martin, comedian (Parenthood, Jerk, Roxanne)
1945 - Wim Wenders, West German director (American Friend, Hammett)
1945 - Jennifer d'Abo, CEO (Ryman, Moyses Stevens)
1946 - Alexander Curly, [Harm Breemer], Dutch artist
1946 - Susan St. James
1946 - Antonio Fargas, Bronx NY, actor (Huggy Bear-Starsky & Hutch)
1946 - Larry Graham Jr, rocker (Graham Central Station-One in a Million You)
1946 - Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess
1946 - Susan Saint James, [Miller], LA CA, actress (McMillian & Wife)
1947 - George Newsome, rocker
1947 - Danielle Steel
1947 - Daniele Steel, NYC, author (Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy)
1949 - John Tarrant, Tasmania, 1st Australian born Zen teacher
1950 - Gary Larson
1950 - Gary Larson, cartoonist (Far Side)
1952 - Debbie Meyer, Annapolis Md, 200m/400m/800m swimmer (Oly-3 gold-68)
1952 - Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98
1953 - James Horner, actor (Titanic, Apollo 13, Balto, Jade, Casper)
1956 - Sharon Bryant, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1957 - Jackee [Harry], Winston-Salem NC, actress (Sandra-227)
1958 - "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, wrestler (SMW/ECW/NJPW/WCW, Midnight Express
1959 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Mich, NBA Forward (LA Lakers/Olympic-gold-92)
1959 - Frank Brickowski, NBA forward/center (Seattle Supersonics)
1959 - Earvin "Magic" Joh
1960 - Broderick Thompson, NFL tackle/guard (Denver Broncos)
1960 - Fred Roberts, NBA forward (LA Lakers)
1961 - Sarah Brightman, actress/singer (Phantom of the Opera)
1961 - Susan Olson, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Cindy-Brady Bunch)
1962 - Jerry Foltz, Las Vegas NV, Nike golfer (1991 Pensacola Open-2nd)
1962 - Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer
1962 - Mark Gubicza, Philadelphia PA, pitcher (KC Royals)
1962 - Rameez Raja, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman)
1965 - Lynette Falls, Ridgewood NJ, Miss NJ-America-1991
1965 - Emmanuelle Seigner, Paris France, actress (The Smile)
1965 - Emmanuelle B‚art, St Tropez France, actress (Manon of the Spring)
1966 - David Hallyday, Boulougne France, actor (He's My Girl)
1968 - Praveen Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992)
1968 - Halle Berry, Cleve Ohio, Miss World USA (1986)/actress (Boomerang)
1968 - Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill NZ, points race cyclist (Olympics-96
1968 - Halle Berry
1970 - Trise Jackson, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
1970 - Susan Veasey, Wilmington DE, LPGA golfer (U of S Fla)
1970 - Slava Dosedel, Czech, tennis star
1970 - Arno Doornernik, soccer player (Roda JC)
1971 - Sean Hill, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Adam Timmerman, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1971 - Christopher R Nelloms, Dayton Ohio, sprinter
1971 - James Folston, NFL defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
1971 - Pramodaya Wickremasinhghe, cricketer (Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler)
1971 - Stan White, NFL/WLAF quarterback (NY Giants, London Monarchs)
1971 - Mark Loretta, Santa Monica CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1972 - Brian Gragert, WLAF punter (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 - Ed O'Bannon, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
1972 - Evan Pilgrim, NFL guard (Chic Bears)
1972 - Katja Maaria Lehtd, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
1972 - Ross Schulte, NFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy
1973 - Wayne Chrebet, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
1973 - Romane Bohringer, Pont-Sainte-Maxene France, actress (Savage Nights)
1973 - Nancy Sweetnam, Lindsay Ontario, 400m swimmer (Olympics-7-92, 96)
1973 - Mike Mamula, NFL linebacker/defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 - Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer (world record)
1975 - Viaceslav Ivanovski, Israel, Men's Weightlifting 99kg
1975 - Mike Vrabel, defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Events
554 - Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy
1248 - Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
1281 - Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan
1385 - Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castilië
1385 - Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence
1395 - Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden
1457 - Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)
1498 - Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela
1551 - Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
1559 - Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
1585 - Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands
1597 - Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
1624 - Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru
1636 - Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens
1642 - Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia
1678 - Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange
1743 - Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War
1756 - French capture Fort Oswego, NY
1758 - Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed
1762 - English fleet occupies Havana
1765 - Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1782 - Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies
1790 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela
1813 - British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus
1816 - Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha
1820 - 1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC
1824 - General Lafayette returns to US
1825 - Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out
1842 - Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma
1846 - Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance
1848 - Oregon Territory created
1861 - 79th NY troops mutinies
1861 - Martial Law is declared at St Louis MI
1862 - Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president
1864 - -16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia
1864 - 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault
1873 - "Field & Stream" begins publishing
1875 - Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl
1876 - Prairie View State University forms
1880 - Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)
1882 - Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo
1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)
1893 - France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test
1900 - 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion
1900 - 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
1901 - SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70
1903 - James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavywgt boxing title
1905 - Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa
1907 - "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn
1908 - Race riot in Springfield Illinois
1910 - 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC
1911 - General Leconte appointed temporary pres of Haiti
1912 - 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925
1914 - British field marshal John French & Gen Wilson land in France
1915 - British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000
1917 - Leeuwen soccer team forms
1917 - China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I
1919 - Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play
1919 - White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game
1920 - Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia
1920 - Olympic Games open in Antwerp
1922 - 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
1925 - Mount Rushmore 1st proposed
1928 - Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in NYC
1929 - Jewish Agency for Palestine forms
1932 - 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes
1932 - Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game
1932 - Philips makes 1 millionth radio
1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs
1935 - Social Security Act becomes law
1936 - 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1937 - Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St Louis Browns
1937 - China declares war on Japan
1938 - BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)
1939 - 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)
1940 - Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland
1941 - Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill
1942 - Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa
1943 - -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean
1943 - 1st allied air raid on Borneo
1943 - US 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina
1944 - Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive
1944 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica
1944 - Russian offensive at Weichsel
1945 - V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II
1947 - Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000
1947 - India granted independence within British Commonwealth
1947 - Pakistan gains independence from Britain
1948 - 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain
1948 - Bradman's last Test Cricket innings
1948 - England all out for 52 v Australia at Cricket Oval
1949 - Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria
1952 - Mátyás Rákosi appointed premier of Hungary
1953 - KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818)
1954 - WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, NY (NBC) begins
1958 - Cleve Indian, Vic Power steals home twice in 1 game
1958 - KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99
1958 - Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21)
1959 - 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
1959 - AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver & Houston
1961 - Phila Phillies lose 17th straight game
1962 - French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m
1962 - US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million
1964 - Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer
1964 - Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market
1965 - Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1
1965 - Continental Football League plays 1st games
1965 - Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show
1966 - 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
1966 - Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles
1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 - Radio Scotland & Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
1967 - Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered
1967 - Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland,
1968 - Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL
1968 - Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1969 - NY Mets fall 9½ games back, later to win pennant
1969 - British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland
1970 - City University of NY inaugurates open admissions
1970 - Steven Stills arrested for drug possession
1971 - Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule
1971 - British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland
1971 - Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0
1971 - France performs nuclear test
1972 - East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156
1972 - Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13
1973 - US ends secret bombing of Cambodia
1973 - Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Balt Colts
1974 - Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold
1975 - -15] Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman
1975 - Dmitri Shotakovitch, buried at the Novodevitshi-convent
1975 - Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen
1976 - 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
1977 - 77,691 see NY Cosmos beat Ft Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad
1977 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic
1977 - 59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach Cal
1978 - French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (
1979 - Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration
1980 - In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike
1980 - 17,000 workers strike in Gdansk, Poland
1980 - Democratic Convention in NYC nominates Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale
1981 - George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront
1981 - Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off NY Met Mike Scott
1982 - Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq
1982 - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres
1982 - Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
1983 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1983 - Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon (2:10:03
1984 - West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
1984 - IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0
1986 - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested
1986 - Phillies & Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days
1987 - Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49
1987 - "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary
1988 - Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24
1988 - 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree GC Edmond
1989 - President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns
1990 - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
1990 - Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam
1991 - Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37)
1991 - Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
1993 - St Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves
1993 - Dr William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76)
1993 - Shari Beadley weds Christopher Martin (Kid 'n Play)
1993 - Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire 13th # (#44)
1993 - Nigerian presidential election
1994 - Doc Gooden leaves Betty Ford Center
1994 - Terrorist "Carlos" arrested in Khartoum Sudan
1994 - 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1994 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
1994 - Maggie Will wins Children's Medical Center LPGA Golf Classic
1994 - Space telescope Hubble photographs Uranus with rings
1995 - Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel
1997 - Convicted Okla City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death
1997 - "1776," opens at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 - Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open
1997 - Okla Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh
1997 - Soyuz TM-25 lands
2126 - Comet Swift-Tuttle (f 5 km) approaches close to Earth
Deaths
1167 - Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1433 - Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1587 - Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49
1652 - Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60
1727 - William Croft, composer, dies at 48
1763 - Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76
1778 - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
1785 - John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies
1788 - Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies
1794 - George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies
1833 - Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies
1834 - Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63
1841 - Johann F Herbart, German philosopher (General P„dagogik), dies at 65
1844 - Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies
1856 - William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies
1858 - George Combe, phrenologist, dies
1863 - Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70
1867 - Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84
1870 - David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies
1884 - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46
1887 - Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies
1891 - Johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies
1905 - Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies
1922 - Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, die
1923 - Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76
1928 - Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37
1932 - Rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies
1936 - Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution
1937 - Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48
1938 - Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65
1938 - J J Kelly, cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies
1938 - Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies
1941 - Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London
1941 - Milh ly Babits, Hungarians literary (G¢lyakalifa), dies at 57
1946 - Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie)
1949 - Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death
1949 - Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death
1951 - William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills
1955 - Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66
1956 - Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58
1956 - Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German foreign min (1932-38), dies
1958 - Fr‚d‚ric Joliot-Curie, French nuclear physicist (Nobel 1936), dies
1958 - Mary Ritter Beard, American historian, dies at 82
1958 - Gladys L Presley, mom of Elvis, dies at 46
1958 - Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65
1961 - Guido Alberto Fano, composer, dies at 86
1961 - Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies
1961 - Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68
1963 - Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57
1965 - Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies
1966 - S J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies
1969 - Sigrid Gurie, actor (3 Faces West, Algiers), dies at 58
1969 - Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88
1970 - Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62
1971 - Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59
1972 - Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86
1972 - Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
1972 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66
1975 - Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87
1976 - Werner Br„unig, writer, dies
1980 - Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider
1981 - Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies
1981 - Karl B”hm, Austria conductor, dies at 86
1982 - Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58
1984 - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer, dies at 63
1984 - Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55
1984 - John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89
1985 - Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86
1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90
1991 - Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61
1992 - Tony Williams, US, singer (Platters-Great Pretender), dies at 64
1992 - Marion P Ames, US, advocate/activist, dies
1992 - John J Sirica, US, judge (Watergate), dies at 88
1992 - Flora SA Benson, US, wife of pres Ezra Taft B of mormon church, dies
1992 - Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104
1993 - Francis Mankiewicz, Canad director (Lesson bons d‚barras), dies at 49
1994 - Tom Greenshields, sculptor, dies at 79
1994 - Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83
1994 - Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78
1994 - Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89
1994 - Patrick Meehan, petty Criminal, dies at 67
1995 - Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82
1996 - Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker, dies at 64
1996 - Sergiu Celibidache, conductor, dies at 84
1996 - Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Matinee Idol), dies at 93
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